THIS OLD TOWN...No, I'm NOT Vern Glenn's agent and I have no plan in place for The Vern's future employer but I do like to give you a little inside material every now and then I mean, that's one reason you come here, right?*Someone asked about the mysterious MIA status of KPIX Weatherman, Paul Deanno; appears there is no mystery; Deanno has been promoting a book.
*Again, the usual suspects invading our ears and eyes about "it's gonna be a HOT weekend!" which is great because, you know, we've never had a heat wave in the Bay Area.
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| Erica Kato |
*I'M late to the party on this so shame on me but happy, really happy that GOOD GUY, Jack Kulp was recently extended at 98.1 FM 'The Breeze' --Kulp, an orginal Bay Area radio veteran and a reason to listen to FM here.
*Gees, what a coincidence, I lament the fact that KNBR's two big Giants' boosters, Kruk and Kuip have such crappy phone lines and all of a sudden, both sound splendid --seems an ISDN line was finally installed, how amazing!
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| 'The Happy Hour' --Ray Ratto (l) Kelli Johnson and Greg Papa |
*Meanwhile, pompous curmudgeon, Ray Ratto and his 'I'm God, you're not' act still pollutes the air and somehow, someway, a guy in a suit thinks Ratto has a following. Like who? Rodents?
Ratto is labeled the "Senior Insider" at NBC; really? What has Ratto ever scooped? His latest bowl of mashed potatoes, maybe, but I'm still waiting for the "Senior Insider" to actually scoop something original.
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| Rosemary Orozco |
Rosy, it's all good, just keep up the great work and you'll be in LA any day now --oh, avoid any lunch dates with Mark Ibanez.
*KQED, you want relevance? How about a LOCAL weekly LIVE talk-show, like, say on a Thursday or Friday night? I'm not going to be greedy and say a Monday thru Friday show just one night a week because surely you have a million dollars to through around or is that still for the 50 managers employed and all those coffee mugs.
*Evidently, you asked, Mark Ibanez and Leslie Griffith had a beef that resulted in her ripping him on the air and then subsequently taking off her heel in the KTVU parking lot and hitting him.
It was career suicide and not very professional but very good for late night pops at various Bay Area newsrooms and saloons.
*Papa and Ibanez have a lot in common besides sports: massive overhead.
*I used to date a woman like Griffith; she lived in Marin and was seduced by my neurosis. She thought it was sexy and real and why I tell all my buddies that some women are different and are not always about looks and houses.
Of course I fell in love and tried to hide it especially when it became apparent that the woman had a mental issue and scared the shit out of me; ah, the pleasure of relationships.
*Deep down inside I know Dion Lim of KGO is trying but the more I watch here (or less) she's quite irritating in the field and on the desk and therefore I don't care about her voice now, she's just so unnecessary.
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| Dion Lim |
Oh and this morning on PIX you're fave Kenny Choi, in a segment about Tesla and its solar company cutbacks, called us "Southern California"!
ReplyDeleteErica Kato has been on CBS 13 in Sac doing weather on weekends. The previous weekend weather person recently left the station, and I think Erica might have the gig now.
DeleteHow could they make such a gaff?
DeleteIn Socal the streets are cleaner...and the homeless poo in their pants, and not in the streets.
Simply because Kenny Choi is an import. Any of us that are NorCal, would never say that we are in SoCal!
DeleteMark Ibanez. A grey haired old man.
ReplyDeleteDion is the bomb. She is on point and very professional in every way.
ReplyDeleteI thought Dion Lim did an excellent job describing the sights and sounds of Cleveland, Ohio when the Warriors were there.
DeleteI haven't seen Dion in quite a while, and I really like it that way.
DeleteI thought maybe she had quietly slipped off to L.A., where her plasticity would absolutely be embraced.
RL, thanks for the update on Erica K.
ReplyDeleteRegarding Dick D's post, above, I did a quick check on the Sacramento CBS 13 website and there's no mention at the moment of Ms. Kato being on their staff, but sometimes websites are slow to get updated. I'll check its website again in the coming days.
If there is an offer to go with CBS-Sacramento, I suppose Ms. Kato will need to make a job choice.
For Rosemary O. and Erica K., whether Los Angeles, Sacramento, SFBayArea, or anywhere else, where one lives and works can be a major consideration besides what one actually does for a career in that location.
I wish KQED would drop the extremely boring "Newsroom" and return to a reporter's roundtable like they had with "This Week in Northern California." I used to watch the latter every week. I watch the former about once every two months. "Newsroom" has too many national stories that simply repeat what the national news shows cover, rather than the local issues I'm interested in. I'm also tired of hearing about "People of Color LGBTQ Undocumented Immigrant" dance troupes.
ReplyDeleteNo kidding! Is there any heterosexual, average white people news anymore?
DeleteWe are here trying to reclaim Dairy Queen.
DeleteOK, I admit to flip-flopping back and forth, regarding Dion Lim too! At first, her voice just got to me, as she talked so fast I couldn't keep up with her! But then, her voice seems to have gotten better, but still, I am just annoyed with those painted on eyebrows she has! I mean, what is it that makes girls think they look better with their own eyebrows cut off, and then painted back on? Believe me women, most men laugh at the painted on eyebrows!
ReplyDeleteThe problem with her voice is she talks through her teeth. When people talk the bottom jaw moves up and down. When the lower jaw moves downward it opens the teeth and the words come out. The sound waves she creates hits the back of her teeth causing a not normal sound to come out.
DeleteWatch her lower jaw when she talks, it doesn't open and her teeth remain closed most of the time. Stand in front of a mirror and talk, your lower jaw is constantly opening and closing, her lower jaw hardly moves when she talks.
Try talking with your teeth closed. Watch other people talk, the sound waves come out when the teeth are open. Her teeth are closed most of the time.
"Dion is the bomb. She is on point and very professional in every way."
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mom!
Nailed it 2:36. "Dion is the bomb," sure sounds Asian to me.
DeleteKpix really should grab Erica. A vast improvement from the homebody gals they currently have who mispronounce everything
ReplyDeleteI used to like Ratto, but yeah, sometimes he is hard to swallow.
ReplyDeleteHe's contrarian, negative, depressing . . . and his predictions are usually wrong because he's too jaded.
Does Kuip still sound half asleep on KNBR? Maybe that's why he's down to one day a week.
ReplyDeleteLOL... I was working for the Giants in a media capacity back in 1991 and we all knew there was something going on with Ibanez and Leslie Griffith. It was at the top of the gossip mill. Pretty much common knowledge if it made it down to me.
ReplyDeleteVery impressed with Mary Lee, who was filling in on the weather desk at KPIX this week. Good presentation skills, high energy and attractive. Hope they keep her.
ReplyDeletedoes anyone have more massive ego's then greg papa or tim kawakami? they should both donate their ego's to science after they are dead..and then throw joe fortinbagh in there as well
ReplyDeleteDion Lim is fine in all sense of the word. I have no issue with her voice. I even starting looking for it when it was brought up here. She gets the job done... not spectacular... not bad.
ReplyDeleteDeanno's cool, but Mary Lee- his sub of late is HOT. IJS
There are some mean people that read this site. Dion is one of the nicest and genuine people I've ever met
ReplyDeleteRich, shame on you for letting all the trolls comment in here about Dion Lim. Show some respect
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Ibanez/Griffith story Richie. I know you know they use to live together. Any other stories?...
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